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CONS

No score variation; killing the strongest zombies gives you the same amount of points as weakest.

The camera angle and 30 second rounds tend to take players out of the game.

VERDICT

While Pet Sematary does have some enjoyable moments, it’s still a bit too shallow to be a worthwhile purchase.

Full Review

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Pet Sematary is the newest cash-in on a movie franchise from Paramount Digital Entertainment, this time adapting the 1989 horror film. For those who haven’t seen it, past the woods of a small town, past a local pet cemetery, lies an ancient Indian burial ground. Legend says that if you bury your dead there, they’ll come back to life. But when does resurrecting the dead ever work out the way you planned?

Yes, the zombies of pets and children have risen after a distressed father buries his son there; and it’s up to you to save the town from these ghastly zombies with your trusty rifle. Players will tap the screen to shoot the zombies and reload your gun by tapping the reload button. Each level plays in 30 second waves and there will be a number of dropped bonuses that you’ll need to collect for a higher score.

The top down, god like visual presentation seems to take players out of the game as you feel more like an angel with a gun than a person in the town. The sound is well done and features a number of involving sound effects. The game is single player only, featuring a continue option and highscores can be posted to Facebook.

While Pet Semetary is an unusual tie in to the film, it does provide players with some moderate time wasting gameplay. But even then, the game isn’t all that exciting due to its repetitive nature and basic game premise. So unless you’re a real diehard fan of the film, you might want to bury this game and pray it doesn’t come back anytime soon.

Description

PET SEMATARY, based on the terrifying film, comes to the iPhone! Help clear the town of menacing undead animals and children after a man buries his son at the town's ancient pet cemetery in the hopes of resurrecting him. Perched on the roof of a local house, you must use your rifle to pick off vicious birds, cats, dogs, and humans that have come back from the dead, seeking to feast upon the flesh of the local townspeople. It's up to you to keep the town’s inhabitants alive!

Game Features –

-Post Your Scores on Facebook for All to See:

Login to your Facebook account when you load up Pet Sematary so you can share your scores with all of your friends when you finish a game!

-Protect Your Town from the Undead:

Stay alive by keeping your town safe and the streets clean. If a zombie feasts on a townsperson, an undead creature escapes, or a townsperson is accidentally killed, your health will diminish.

-Tap-to-kill gameplay:

Varying tap counts will kill each of these human-hungry carnivores. Make sure your fingers are fast because enemies have varying strength and speed.

-15 Levels of Fright:

As you progress from level to level, the undead horde becomes increasingly overwhelming. Do your best to keep your fellow townspeople alive and maybe you’ll make it through the nightmare with more than a high score.